TChisel Hepplewhite Sideboard

Tom, Yet another example of fine craftsmanship. You continue to be an inspriation. Hope you enjoyed your holidays as well.

-- I love the smell of sawdust in the morning....

OMG Tommy, that is just over the top. I can understand you pulling your hair out on this piece. The amount of veneer and inlay work on this piece is drop dead gorgeous. I love the way you join the checkerboard banding from the leg to the curved middle section. What different woods were involved in this piece?

Michael

-- Computer programmer by day, fine woodworker by night. Custom made joysticks for Console Systems and Personal Computers.

Tom a great piece. Beautiful. The attention to details are shown and I commend you on this fine example of your talents.

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Well done Tom, Awesome job!

-- Les, Wichita, Ks. (I'd rather be covered in saw dust!)

Tommy, you will end up like me if you keep pulling your hair out, although my wife says it is well worth thin hair for a beautiful piece of furniture like this. Nicely done!

-- Rich in Richmond

Tommy,

Federal pieces are not my “cup of tea” but I can’t help admiring the execution of this piece. Good craftsmanship is to be admired whatever the style.

-- Don, Pittsburgh

You never fail to impress and leave me awestricken! Tom, you are a craftsman. I wish I could be around to see what you will accomplish in the nest 40 years.

-- Thos. Angle

WOW!

-- Never board, always knotty, lots of growth rings

Very nice! The inlay details are particularly awesome.

-- Praki, Aspiring Woodworker

Love the way the arch and curves and details all come together! Thanks! Super job!

-- Rich, Seattle, WA

Great detail work Tom. Did you veneer with hide glue? What modern methods were used to make this look as great as it does? Appreciate the post.

wow….. that is awesome!

-- dion trinity east

Another nice job Tommy. But now you’re just showing off ;)

-- "Give me your poor tools, your tired steel, your huddled masses of rust." Yep, I ripped off the Statue of Liberty. That's how I roll!

This is the kind of work that inspires me to try to improve my skills.

-- Charlie M. "Woodworking - patience = firewood"

Tommy -

I have appreciated this piece ever since I first saw it on your website. Absolutely beautiful! Would you comment on the subtle, but unique style, of banding that was a signature of Seymour’s work?

Thanks!

David

-- http://foldingrule.blogspot.com

Tommy that is amazing and beautiful. The inlay is so fine below the checkered band and there are little details that would drive me crazy if I had a 16th of your skill, like the lock on the curved drawer front. Small details that craftsmen like yourself take for granted would confound me into submission.
Kudos on another great commission.

-- John, Nor-Cal, shopsmith.net/forums

Absolutely beautiful. I wouldn’t even know where to begin.

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...wow, Incredible attention to detail.

Woody

-- Woody, UK

hey guys….i just want you yo know that i really appreciate your interest in my work…when i first saw this kind of work being done it ws on my interview at nbss..there must have been a rash because i saw at lest 5 sideboards a couple of game tables.pembroke tables….all sorts of fed work being done….i thought to myself “man i could never do that”...and it wasent until i had gotten out of school and was on bob Vilas tv show home gain that i got a chance to build this style …..and believe me it was intimidating to say the least…so i got together with steve brown again and we began to break this piece down….at the core it is 2 dovetailed boxes held together by a sub top and a bottom through tenoned behind the arch with 4 legs glued on…its just the legs have a ton of embellishments which had to be figured out….the drawers are pretty standard construction with veneered,banded,cockbeaded fronts with locks and centered pulls….if you look at this piece as one unit .it is way overbearing and probably would psyche most people out…but if you look at it in sections and break each one down until you understand how it all goes together…eventually it will come together..its just allot of time…this piece took a long time because i needed to learn all the different elements of the build …outside the joinery …i know you all can do this caliber of work…i know it….it just takes time to get past the learning curve once we understand the why and how….its just a matter of time …. i know most of you dont have time to build a sideboard….but i think if you go check out the fed table …really check it out…you will see i provided all the information you need to be able to understand how to build this sideboard….all the embellishments on the crazy fed table i took from the sideboard and breakfront…...i strongly suggest one of you start a group build on the fed table…or at least the bellflowers,stringing, i think the fan is the most fun…..and trust me guys….it aint that hard …heck..you could build a box with the fan on top if you like….just take some of the info i provided and do something with it…

thanks…

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Spectacular, I expect nothing else from TChisel. You make the most complex sound easy. Taking something this complex and breaking it down into smaller less complex components is a very good idea. I look at this and think there is no way I could do that, but if I look at as smaller components it seems very doable. This is a very good teaching approach.

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Very nice piece. Are you familiar with “Society of American Period Furniture Makers” or SAPFM? We just had our annual conference this week at Colonial Williamsburg. Check out the sight if you have not already. This society might be a good resource for any future period furniture you might need to make.

wow, just beautiful, great work t-chisel…

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